Hi,In have read that messor ant can eat through ytong eslecialy if the are running out of space.If i make chambers (quite close ti each other) but not connect them with paths will it become a self expanding nest by letting the ants to eat through?

I have had my messors barbarus expand their own nest, but that wasn’t the plan. During the morning check I noticed half the colony wasn’t in the nest. picked up the nest for a close look to find they had tunnelled though the ytong into the humidity chamber at the base.The majority of the colony had moved in with all their brood. I have since moved them to a much larger ytong nest.